Oil can



G. LIDSEEN Dec. 4 1923.

OIL CAN Filed 001:. 21. 1921 Patented Dec. 4, 1923.

onrrso srarss .GUSTAVE LIDSEEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

OIL CAN.

Application filed October 21, 1921. Serial No. 509,285.

T 0 all w 700m it may concern.

Be it known that I, Gusrnvn LIDsEnN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in an Oil Can; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereomwhich form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an oil can and particularly to an oil can of inexpensive construction which is provided with auxiliary means for adding resiliency to the bottom thereof.

In the manufacture of oil cans which are designed to be sold for a relatively low price, it is of course desirable that it be pos sible to construct the same with a minimum number of operations and that the material used be inexpensive.

It is an object therefore of the present invention to provide an oil can which has a bottom of relatively non-resilient material which may be readily clinched to the body of the can and which is provided with auxiliary means inside the can for adding the necessary resiliency to said bottom.

It is also an object of this invention to provide an oil can having an auxiliary spring for adding resiliency to the bottom thereof, said oil can having a wide top opening for easy insertion of the spring and having means associated with the top opening which act to hold the spring in position.

It is an important object of this invention to provide a spring bottom oil can which may be economically manufactured.

Other and further important objects of this invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the specification and the accompanying drawings.

The invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described.

On the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an oil can constructed according to the principles of this invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of an oil can with the spout removed.

Figure 3 is an enlarged section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 isa detail elevation of the spout connecting means.

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional detail showing the auxiliary spring abutting the inner end of the spout connecting means.

Figure 6 is an enlarged sectional detail showing the method of clinching the bottom to the body of the can.

Figure 7 is a detail of the auxiliary spring.

- As shown on the drawingsi The oil can of this invention comprises a body portion 1 which is of the usual bell shape and which is provided at its upper end with a relatively large opening in which is mounted an annulus 2, said annulus 2 being formed outwardly on its inner end to abut the diverging walls of the body portion 1 and being provided on its outer end with flange portions 3 and 4 which are adapted to coact with the base 5 of the spout 6 to removably secure the spout in position on the can.

A bottom 7 is secured to the bottom of the can and said bottom is preferably constructed of mild steel or other suitable relatively non-resilient material which may be readily clinched to the body portion by bending portions of said bottom and of said body portion to interlock as shown at 8 in Figure 6. By providing such a connection between the body and bottom portions of the can a tight, durable and inexpensive joint is produced. It would not be possible to so secure the bottom of the can to the body thereof by clinching if the bottom were constructed of resilient material such as spring steel, and since the same is constructed of relatively non-resilient material it is necessary to provide auxiliary means to add the necessary resiliency thereto to cause the bottom to spring back into normal position after the same has been depressed to expel oil from the can. These auxiliary means comprise a flat spring 9 which contacts the bottom of the can and the ends of which abut the inner end of the diverging portion of the annulus 2, said end portions of the flat spring 9 also contacting the inside of the walls of the body portion 1 for a considerable distance from the point at which they abut said annulus. It will thus be apparent that the spring in no way interferes with the expulsion of oil from the can, and since a large part of the fiat spring contacts either the cal one since the bottom-maybe clinched tothe body of the can on account of its nonresilient character and also because of the fact that the spring Which itself isof inexpensive construction comprising a single piece of strai ht fiat spring metal which requires no forming, may be easily positioned during assembly.

I am aware that numerouSdetails of; con

struction may be varied through a Wide range Without: departing from the principles ofthls lnventlon, and I therefore do not;

propose limiting thepatent granted otherwise than necessitatedbythe prior art.

I claim as my invention:

' Anoil can comprising abody portion having a, relatively large opening with an inwardly curving wait, an annulus Within the opening having a flange at its upper portion adaptedto project outwardly over the edge of said Wall and a lower outwardly curving portion adapted to engage the inner face of said Wall,a.spout removably secured to said flange, a bottom for said can of relatively non resilient' material, and a flat spring engagingsaid bottom, theends of the springbent up to engage the lower edge of the annulus on the inside of the can,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing; WitILGSSGS GUSTAVE LIDSEEN; lVitnesses CARLTON HIL JAMES M. v0331mm. 

